https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zgnuYomW_I How do people come to faith in Christ? How do Christians grow in Christ? One thing is central to both – the scriptures. Apart from the scriptures, apart from…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jntxd6avQbI Maybe your neighbor has this bumper sticker, “Coexist.” That was Athens when the Apostle Paul entered it on his second missionary journey. Athens was like a college town. Philosophy,…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_5F7wZUS-0&t=2260s The gospel message is a singular message, but it provokes different responses from different people. For some in Ephesus, they responded with repentance – and it cost them a…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTyxPNkNBRY Almost everyone, attenders and non-attenders, have ideas about what the church is and how it should function. Acts 20 gives us the elements of an “ordinary” church: Unshakable Convictions,…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwkSijxZgXo If what the Gospels report about Jesus is the stuff of legend, then believe what you want. But if the Gospels are eyewitness reports about the life of Jesus,…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FQJwmCXWjbY&feature=youtu.be At this point in Acts, the church has experienced significant growth. Thousands of people have come to faith. At the same time, the Apostles have faced significant trouble: arrests,…
https://youtu.be/WN9dzMv-W34 Did you know… In Arizona, 46.5% of households receiving SNAP benefits have children. 1 in 4 children in Arizona lives in poverty and is at risk of going to…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx4GghWWQIM The Apostle Paul had a conviction – we should try to persuade everyone everywhere to believe in Jesus. Do you want everyone to become a Christian? Do you think…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CFbyw3xy3A The temptation to compromise our faith is enormous. Television commercials often reveal a homosexual agenda. The news carries stories about the “narrow mindedness” of Christians. Educators belittle Christian faith…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cERbPaQSztE One hazard that we share as believers is that repetition can create inattention. We become so familiar with something that it loses its meaning. There are no biblical truths…
